THIS IS A SPECIAL EDITION OF "20/20," REPORTED BY ELIZABETH VARGAS.

1. Infant mortality among poor blacks >> WE THANK YOU IN THE GOOD TIMES AND THE BAD TIMES. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU

HAVE ALLOWED THIS BABYTO BE A PART OF OUR LIVES, FOR SHE HAS TOUCHED OUR LIVES IN A SPECIAL

WAY.GOD, YOU CALLED HER HOME THE OTHER DAY, BECAUSE YOU ARE AN ALL-KNOWING GOD, YOU AN ALL-

WISE GOD, AND YOU KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR HER. ♪ OPEN YOUR EYES DON'T LET GO OF MY HAND ♪ ♪ LET

YOUR TEARS GIVE WAY TO SMILE ♪ ♪ SEE THE JOY INSIDE THE TRIAL DON'T WORRY ♪ >> Reporter: THERE ARE

PLACES IN AMERICA WHERE THE UNTHINKABLE IS HAPPENING. TOO MANY BABIES ARE DYING. IN FACT,

AMONG THE WORLD'S 23 RICHEST COUNTRIES, THE U.S. HAS THE HIGHEST RATE OF INFANT MORTALITY,

BABIES WHO DIE BEFORE THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY. BLACK BABIES DIE AT THREE-TIMES THE RATE OF

WHITES. WE'VE COME TO MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, BECAUSE BABIES DIE HERE AT A RATE HIGHER THAN THAT

OF ANY OTHER MAJOR CITY. THE BABIES MOST AT20/20@AA@PH@ FROM THOSE PARTS OF TOWN THAT ARE

POOR AND BLACK. A BABY DIES IN MEMPHIS EVERY 43 HOURS. MANY PEOPLE HERE ARE TRYING TO CHANGE

THOSE STARTLING NUMBERS. THEIR EFFORTS TO SAVE THE BABIES TELL THE STORY. THIS IS THE TINIEST

BABY HERE?

>> 392 GRAMS, BORN AT 23 WEEKS.

>> Reporter: SO, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES HE'LL LIVE?

>> I WOULD SAY AROUND 20%.

>> Reporter: 20%?

>> RIGHT. IT COULD GO EITHER WAY. AND IT'S A TOUGH ONE.

>> WHEN YOU GO AFTER INFANT MORTALITY, YOU'RE NOT GOING AFTER POLIO, LIKE THE MARCH OF DIMES

DID. YOU'RE GOING AFTER LIFE. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH A SYSTEM WHEN A MAN AT THIS END

OF TOWN HAS THREE-TIMES THE CHANCE OF LOSING HIS BABY THAN AT MY END OF TOWN.

>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK THIS POPULATION HAS BEEN WRITTEN OFF?

>> YES. AND THAT THEY ARE THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE MADE POOR CHOICES.

>> Reporter: AND IT'S THEIR FAULT?

>> AND IT'S THEIR FAULT. AND THEY ARE TO PAY FOR THOSE POOR CHOICES. BUT WHEN THEY BURY THESE

TINY BOXES, YOU KNOW, OF BABIES THAT HAVE DIED. NOW THAT, YOU HAVE TO ALMOST NOT HAVE A HEART

FOR THAT NOT TO TOUCH YOU.

>> I THINK IT'S EVERYBODY IN MEMPHIS' RESPONSIBILITY. YOU KNOW MAYBE THEIR SKIN IS A

2. Segregation and teen pregnancies >>> THIS OLD MISSISSIPPI RIVERTOWN IS NOW PART OF THE NEW SOUTH.MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE

LIVE HERE, IN THE CITY AND IN THE SUBURBS. AS IN MANY OTHER PLACES, MANY FAMILIES IN MEMPHIS

WHO CAN AFFORD TO HAVE LEFT THE OLDER CITY BEHIND. THEY'VE CREATED THEIR OWN PARKS AND

HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS AND,OF COURSE, CHURCHES. ONE OF THEM IS HOPE PRESBYTERIAN.

>> "THERE THE ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARED TO HIM IN FLAMES OF FIRE FROM WITHIN A BUSH. MOSES

SAW THAT THOUGH THE BUSH WAS ON FIRE IT DID NOT BURN UP."

>> Reporter: REVEREND ELI MORRIS IS THE URBAN MINISTER. TWICE A YEAR, HE LEADS VOLUNTEERS FROM

HIS SUBURBANCONGREGATION TO A MISSION DOWNTOWN.FROM HERE, FOR THREE DAYS, THEY TOUR WHAT

CAN SEEM LIKE A FOREIGN COUNTRY.

>> ALL RIGHT, PEOPLES. WHEN WE ABANDON THE CITY, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WECOMPROMISE OUR

COMMUNITY'S FUTURE.AND MEMPHIS CONTINUES TO BE THE SECOND-MOST SEGREGATED CITY IN THE

COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: FIVE YEARS AGO, HOPE PRESBYTERIAN BOUGHT A HOUSE AND ESTABLISHED A PERMANENT

MISSION IN ONE OF THE POOREST ZIP CODES IN MEMPHIS.THEY NAMED IT THE OASIS OF HOPE AND HIRED A

FULL-TIME MANAGER, KAREN DURHAM.

>> ORANGE LEADER, AND SHE'S GOING TO MEET RIGHT OVER HERE BY THIS TREE. WE ARE REALLY IN A

CRITICAL STATE ON INFANT MORTALITY. WE HAVE CHILDREN HAVING CHILDREN. AND THEY NEED TO KNOW

THAT SOMEBODY IS THERE TO WALK BESIDE THEM.AND WE NEVER KNOW WHAT SOME OF THESE CHILDREN

HAVE BEEN THROUGHTHEMSELVES. YOU REALLY JUST HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEY'VE BEEN.

>> I TALKED TO KAREN DURHAM. AND SHE SAID, HEY. WE'VE GOT A YOUNG LADY THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING

WITH FOR A LONG TIME. AND SHE'S PREGNANT. AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO WORK WITH HER.

>> Reporter: AND SO, IT HAPPENED THAT TERRY DRUMWRIGHT, WHO'S MARRIED, WITH TWO GROWN

DAUGHTERS, AND WHO LIVES HERE WITH HER HUSBAND IN A MEMPHIS SUBURB, BECAME A MENTOR TO

A YOUNG WOMAN WHO LIVES HERE WITH HER GRANDMOTHER, MOTHER AND YOUNGER BROTHER. ANDREAH

"PRECIOUS" SIMPSON, A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, AT THE AGE OF 17 BECAME PREGNANT BY A 19-YEAR-OLD

WHO LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> I'M NOT READY FOR NO CHILD. I'M NOT STABLE ENOUGH TO HAVE A CHILD. I'M STILL A CHILD.

>> GET SET, GO.

>> Reporter: PRECIOUS SIMPSON CONSIDERED HAVING AN ABORTION, BUT HER NEW MENTOR TERRY HELPED

HER DECIDE TO HAVE THE BABY. BECAUSE SHE'S YOUNG AND POOR, PRECIOUS IS IN THAT GROUP MOST AT

RISK OF GIVING BIRTH TOO SOON. AND PREMATURE BIRTH IS THE PRIMARY MEDICAL CAUSE OF

INFANT MORTALITY. TERRY DRUMWRIGHT'S FIRST MISSION WAS TO GET PRECIOUS TO A CLINIC TO BEGIN

REGULAR PRENATAL CARE.

>> WE SEND MISSIONARIES ALL OVER THE WORLD TO HELP PEOPLE IN DIRE SITUATIONS.AND THIS IS

SOMETHING RIGHT HERE IN MY HOMETOWN THAT'S JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MEMPHIS. AND IT'S

SOMETHING I CAN DO.

>> WHENEVER I CALL HER, SHE'LL COME BY TO HELP ME. YEP. SHE'S GREAT.

>> SIMPSON.

3. Premature babies: risks and costs >> WE WANTED TO DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY COULD FOR PRECIOUS TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER A

HEALTHY BABY. AND A LARGE PART OF THAT WAS SEEING THE DOCTOR EACH MONTH AND HAVING THE

CHECKUPS.AND PRECIOUS IS VERY BRAVE, BECAUSE I WAS THAT STRANGE WHITE LADY CALLING HER

AND SAYING, I DON'T KNOW YOU. BUT LET'S GET TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, LET'S GO OUT AND LET'S

TALK. YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH TOPICS OF CONVERSATION AT FIRST WAS A LITTLE BIT

AWKWARD. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SHE'S A GIRL JUST LIKE MY DAUGHTERS. AND WE TALK ABOUT

THINGS.WE TALKED ABOUT BOYS. WE TALKED ABOUT FRIENDS. AND THAT'S THE SAME REGARDLESS OF

WHAT COLOR SOMEBODY IS.

>> COME ON, SIT UP HERE BY ME, SWEETIE.HOW ARE YOU?

>> JUST GREAT. HOW ARE YOU DOING?

>> I'M GOOD. REMEMBER THAT TEST THAT WE DID LAST TIME?

>> Reporter: PRECIOUS WAS FOUND TO HAVE GROUP "B" STREP, A COMMON INFECTION THAT'S USUALLY

HARMLESS IN ADULTS, BUT CAN BE LIFE-THREATENING FOR NEWBORNS.PRECIOUS ALREADY KNEW

SOMETHING ABOUT THE RISKS TO HER BABY. HER SISTER-IN-LAW LOST A BABY WHEN THE FETUS GOT AN

INFECTION IN THE WOMB.

>> AND HER BABY HAD DIED.

>> DID SHE GO TO THE DOCTOR EARLY ON?

>> NO.

>> SHE WAITED A WHILE?

>> YEAH, SHE WASN'T GOING TO THE DOCTOR AS SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO.

>> OKAY.

>> Reporter: PRECIOUS AND HER UNBORN DAUGHTER WERE TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS TO HEAD OFF ANY

PROBLEMS. REGULAR TRIPS TO THE CLINIC HAD ELIMINATED AT LEAST ONE THREAT TO HAVING A HEALTHY

BABY.

>> WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

>> OKAY.

>> OKAY.

>> Reporter: PRECIOUS IS NOT ALONE. SO FAR THIS YEAR, UNWED MOTHERS IN MEMPHIS HAD GIVEN BIRTH

TO 5,188 BABIES, MOST OF THEM DELIVERED AT THE BIG PUBLIC HOSPITAL, WHERE CLASSES ARE HELD FOR

WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO HAVE THE INTEREST AND THE MEANS TO COME HERE BEFORE THEY'RE IN LABOR.

>> YOU NEED TO BOND WITH YOUR BABY.YOUR BABY KNOWS YOUR PRESENCE. AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S

REAL IMPORTANT BECAUSE JUST A TOUCH FROM YOU CAN EVEN CAUSE YOUR BABY TO IMPROVE, BECAUSE

MOMMA IS THERE AND SHE HAS GOT HER HANDS ON IT. SO, AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THAT MOTHER'S LOVE.

>> Reporter: THE RATE OF INFANT MORTALITY IN MEMPHIS WOULD BE EVEN HIGHER IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE

WORK OF THIS HOSPITAL,CALLED SIMPLY "THE MED." THEY SAVE MORE THAN A THOUSAND BABIES A YEAR

WHO ARE BORN TOO EARLY, MANY OF THEM TWO, THREE, EVEN FOUR MONTHS PREMATURE.

>> I WAS SIX MONTHS. I WOULD HAVE BEEN 27 WEEKS YESTERDAY. HE'S DOING FINE, DOING REAL GOOD.

>> EVERY DAY I CAME IN HERE SHE WAS FIGHTING. AND, LIKE I SAY, IF A ONE-POUNDER CAN DO THAT,

I'M PRETTY MUCH SURE A 191-POUND WOMAN CAN DO IT. SO, SHE TAUGHT ME A LOT. WITHOUT THIS PLACE,

WHERE WOULD PEOPLE GO?

>> UP UNTIL YESTERDAY, SHE HAD BEEN I.C.-PAP.

>> Reporter: THE MED'S NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IS LED BY DR. RAMASUBBAREDDY DHANIREDDY.

>> THIS BABY WEIGHS 932 GRAMS AT BIRTH, BORN AT 28 WEEKS.

>> Reporter: 28 WEEKS?

>> YEAH, 12 WEEKS EARLY.

>> Reporter: 12 WEEKS EARLY. MANY OF THE MOTHERS WHO GIVE BIRTH TO THE BABIES HERE HAVE GIVEN

BIRTH PREMATURELY BEFORE. THIS IS HER FIFTH BABY?

>> THIS IS HER FIFTH PREGNANCY. SHE HAS THREE BABIES.

>> Reporter: DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER TWO? DID THEY NOT GO TO TERM?

>> NOT, NOT TERM. THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT.

>> Reporter: THIS BABY WAS BORN TO A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO REVEALED THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT JUST

WEEKS BEFORE GOING INTO LABOR.

>> SHE HAD LIMITED PRENATAL CARE. SHE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE SHE ACTUALLY

GAVE BIRTH.

>> Reporter: THE MOTHER ACTUALLY SAY THAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT OR -- ?

>> SHE DID.

>> Reporter: SHE DID.

>> YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING TO A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL, NOW.

>> Reporter: A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

>> AND HER STORY CHANGES, YOU KNOW, THE MORE YOU TALK TO HER. BUT SHE ACTS VERY MUCH LIKE A

12-YEAR-OLD.

>> Reporter: WOW. HOW MUCH DID IT COST TO SAVE THIS BABY?

>> THIS ONE IS NOT GOING TO COST THAT MUCH, MAYBE $30,000.

>> Reporter: $30,000?

>> YEAH, $25,000, $30,000. THE AVERAGE COST OF A PREMATURE BABY IS $55,000. BUT MOST OF THE MONEY

IS GOING INTO THOSE TINY BABIES, SOME OF THEM MAYBE $500,000.

>> Reporter: AND HOW MUCH WOULD IT HAVE COST TO PERHAPS MAYBE LESSEN THE CHANCE THAT THAT

BABY WAS BORN PREMATURELY BY GETTING PRENATAL CARE TO THAT MOTHER?

>> OH, IT'S MUCH, MUCH CHEAPER OBVIOUSLY. PREVENTION IS A LOT BETTER THAN HAVING TO TREAT A

PRETERM BABY.

4. Cemetery for babies >> OKAY, THAT'S FINE. TELL ME HOW IT'S GOING.

>> Reporter: DR. SHELDON KARONES IS THE FOUNDER OF THE NEONATAL UNIT. DR. KARONES HAD A

SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE IN 1968, WHEN DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WAS MURDERED IN MEMPHIS. THE

YOUNG PEDIATRICIAN WANTED TO DO SOMETHING. HE BEGAN CAMPAIGNING FOR A STATE-OF-THE-ART

NEWBORN CENTER AT THE PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN THE HEART OF MEMPHIS' INNER CITY TO HELP BABIES BORN

POOR AND BLACK.

>> THERE IT WAS, "ANGRY DOCTOR." IT'S TRUE. I WAS ANGRY. I'M STILL ANGRY. THE SITUATION HASN'T

CHANGED MUCH AT ALL.WHEREVER THERE IS A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF AFRO-AMERICANS, WASHINGTON,

D.C., MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, NEW ORLEANS, YOU NAME IT, THERE IS A HIGHER INFANT MORTALITY RATE. SO,

IS IT A RACIAL ISSUE?IT SEEMS TO BE PREPONDERANT AMONG BLACK BABIES, THIS PROCLIVITY TO DEATH.

>> Reporter: THE FIRST HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORT WARNING THAT MEMPHIS HAS A PROBLEM WITH INFANT

MORTALITY WAS ISSUED IN 1935. TODAY, EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, AS THE BODIESACCUMULATE, THE

HEALTH DEPARTMENT TAKES OVER FOR THE FAMILIES WHO CAN'T AFFORD A FUNERAL.

>> THE COUNTY OFFERS THIS SERVICE. AND MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT

HAVE MONEY TO GO TO A PRIVATE CEMETERY. WE DO AS BETTER JOB AS WE CAN BECAUSE WE GIVING

THOSE BODIES BACK TO GOD.

>> Reporter: THE COUNTY CEMETERY USED TO BE CALLED POTTER'S FIELD. NOW SOME PEOPLE IN THE POOR

PARTS OF TOWN CALL IT BABYLAND.

>> THIS IS A GREAT CEMETERY. AND I HAVE SEEN IT OVER THE YEARS JUST EXPLODE, JUST EXPLODE WITH

BURYING PEOPLE.

>> I JUST PRAY THAT MY BABY LIVES. YOU KNOW, IT'S SO RISKY. I DON'T CARE ABOUT CURLY HAIR OR BLUE

EYES, GREEN EYES, AS LONG AS SHE'S HEALTHY. THAT'S ALL MY MAIN CONCERN IS, A HEALTHY BABY, 'CAUSE

YOU SEE SO MUCH NOWADAYS. YEP, SO MUCH.

5. Memphis safe house >>> HEY, SKEETER.

>> Reporter: AT THE HOME HER SUBURBAN CHURCH NAMED THE OASIS OF HOPE, KAREN DURHAM TRIES TO

CREATE WHAT SHE CALLS A SAFE HOUSE, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN ESCAPE, IF ONLY FOR AWHILE,

SOME OF THE DANGERS THAT DEFINE THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES. HERE, THERE'S ALWAYS RUNNING WATER,

ELECTRICITY, SNACKS ANDSOMETHING TO DO.

>> YA'LL KNOW THERE'S MILK IN THAT COOLER.

>> THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.

>> Reporter: SURROUNDING THE OASIS OF HOPE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOODS LEFT BEHIND WHEN THE MIDDLE

CLASS MOVED OUT. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CONTRIBUTES TO MEMPHIS' STANDING THIS YEAR AS THE CITY

WITH THE SECOND-HIGHEST HOMICIDE RATE, AFTER DETROIT. ALMOST EVERYONE HERE KNOWS SOMEONE

WHO WAS KILLED. MAKESHIFT MEMORIALS MARK THE SPOTS. STUDIES SHOW THAT PEOPLE LIVING IN PLACES

LIKE THIS ACTUALLY SUFFER FROM POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER LIKE VETERANS OF WAR. MOTHERS-

TO-BE, LIKE PRECIOUS, ARE TOLD TO AVOID THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL STRAIN THAT CAN DAMAGE AN

UNBORN CHILD.

>> THE INNER CITY IS LIKE THE MOST STRESSFUL PLACE, I THINK. THE CRIME RATE IS TOO HIGH. YOU SEE

TOO MUCH THINGS GOES ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. STRESS PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN PREGNANCY, TOO.IF

YOU'RE STRESSED OUT A LOT, YOU CAN EASILY HAVE A MISCARRIAGE. I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE

LOST THEIR CHILD DUE TO A MISCARRIAGE. MY FRIEND, TONYA, SHE LOST HER CHILD. LIKE A COUPLE OF

WEEKS AGO, SHE LOST HER CHILD.

>> Reporter: PRECIOUS'S FRIEND, TONYA CONLEY, LIVES WITH HER GRANDMOTHER AND BABY-SITS HER

BROTHER'S CHILDREN.TONYA WAS 17 WHEN SHE GOT PREGNANT.SHE WENT INTO LABOR FOUR MONTHS

EARLY.

>> WHEN HE CAME OUT HE WAS ALREADY -- HE WAS ALREADY DEAD. THEY GAVE ME, LIKE, TWO PICTURES OF

MY BABY AND STUFF. AND THEY LET ME HOLD MY BABY. I REALLY WANTED MY BABY.

>> WORDS CAN'T EXPLAIN, I GUESS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU LIVE WITH FOREVER, YEP, THE LOSS OF YOUR

UNBORN CHILD.HEY, YOU ALL CAN PUT THAT TABLE OVER THERE.

>> I WANTED TO GIVE PRECIOUS A BABY SHOWER, NOT AT THE CHURCH. WE HAD IT AT THE COMMUNITY

CENTER, BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE SAY, WELL, SHE'S NOT MARRIED. SHE SHOULDN'T BE HAVING A

BABY. SHOULDN'T BE PREGNANT. WELL, SHOULDN'T, BUT SHE IS.SO, NOW WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

>> WHERE DO WE DO THAT MISS TERRY?

>> KIND OF DRAPE IT A LITTLE BIT. SINCE THIS INFANT MORTALITY ISSUE HAS COME SO MUCH INTO

THE LIMELIGHT, A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, A LOT OF THEM ARE BEING MADE BY

CHURCHES AROUND THE CITY. IT'S, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM IF THE YOUNG WOMENWEREN'T

PREGNANT. OR, YOU SHOULD BE TEACHING ABSTINENCE. AND YES, THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT STILL, WE HAVE

THE PREGNANCIES, WE HAVE THE BABIES. SO, WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. WE NEED TO TALK TO

THEM. AND WE NEED TO EDUCATE THE YOUNG MOMS ABOUT TAKING CARE OF THEIR CHILD AND ALSO ABOUT

BIRTH CONTROL AND ABOUT -- ABOUT ABSTINENCE.

>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE JUDGE THE POOR CHOICES THAT POOR MOTHERS MAKE

THAT THEY THEN ASSUME THAT THOSE MOTHERS CARE LESS?LOVE THOSE BABIES LESS? LOVE THEMSELVES

LESS?

>> I THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS THAT YOU MAKE, WE MAKE ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE

POOR. AND UNLESS YOU HAVE SPENT TIME AND INTERACTED WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR, YOU HAVE NO

IDEA WHAT THEIR LIVES ARE LIKE.

6. Disenfranchised poor > Reporter: WENDI THOMAS GREW UP IN MEMPHIS. IN HER COLUMN IN THE LOCAL PAPER, SHE OFTEN ASKS

WHY POOR PEOPLE DON'T GET MORE ATTENTION FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS.

>> PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR, IN MY EXPERIENCE, DON'T HAVE THAT SAMEFEELING OF ENTITLEMENT TO

QUALITY HOUSING, TO BUSES THAT RUN NEAR WHERE THEY LIVE, TO A GROCERY STORE THAT EVEN

HAS PRODUCE THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO EAT. AND ALL THESE THINGS COMPOUND UPON EACH OTHER TO

CREATE ACYCLE AND A SYSTEM OF POVERTY THAT SEEMS, IT CAN SEEM INESCAPABLE.

>> Reporter: WHY NOT WALK DOWN AND GET BIRTH CONTROL FOR LESS THAN $10?

>> RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE $10 FOR BIRTH CONTROL? ARE THE CLINICS LOCATED CLOSE ENOUGH TO YOU? DO

THE BUSES TRAVEL TO THE CLINICS AT TIMES WHEN YOU CAN GET THERE? POOR PEOPLE ARE JUST LIKE THE

REST OF US. THEY WANT LOVE AND AFFECTION AND A FAMILY AND TO BE CARED FOR. AND UNFORTUNATELY,

THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS IN THE BEST POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. BUT THE CHOICES THAT THEY ARE

MAKING AREN'T SIGNIFICANTLYDIFFERENT FROM THE CHOICES THAN THE REST OF US ARE MAKING.  IT'S JUST

THAT MY INSURANCE COVERS BIRTH CONTROL. DO THEY HAVE INSURANCE? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

>> IT CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD. WE DIDN'T PLAN THIS PREGNANCY. I HAVE A FRIEND UP THE STREET. SHE

DIDN'T PLAN ON GETTING PREGNANT. SHE GOT PREGNANT AT THE AGE OF 12. AT 13 HAD HER BABY.

>> Reporter: 13-YEAR-OLD JASMINE CAME TO THE BABY SHOWER WITH HER 1-YEAR-OLD SON, JAYLEN.

>> SHE'S A YOUNG MOTHER, YOU KNOW. SHE STILL HAS A LOT OF GROWING UP TO DO. SHE DON'T KNOW

HOW TO RAISE A CHILD.

>> Reporter: MANY OF THESE YOUNG MOTHERS ARE RAISING BABIES ALONE.NEARLY 65% OF BLACK CHILDREN

NATIONWIDE GROW UP WITHOUT THEIRFATHER. PRECIOUS HASN'T SPOKEN TO HER FATHER SINCE THE DAY

SHE TOLD HIM SHE WAS PREGNANT.

>> I TRY NOT TO LET IT GET TO ME SO MUCH.BUT IT'S NOT A DAY GO BY THAT I DON'T THINK ABOUT WHERE

HE'S AT AND WHY WOULD HE WALK OUT ON ME NOW. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG TIME WHEN YOU NEED YOUR

FATHER THE MOST, TO HELP SUPPORT YOU. YEP.

>> THE YOUNG WOMEN ARE SO HUNGRY FOR ATTENTION. AND IF THAT'S THE WAY THEY CAN GET IT, THEN

THAT'S THE WAY THEY CAN GET IT, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE A LOT OF THE RELATIONSHIPS ARE VERY

CASUAL. FIRST DATE, SECOND DATE. IT'S NOT A LITTLE COUPLE THAT'S BEEN GOING TOGETHER

NECESSARILY A LONG TIME. YOU KNOW, HAVING A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP. IT COULD BE SOMETHING

THAT THEY JUST MEET UP AND HAVE SEX. AND I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO THEIR NOT BEING ANY MEN IN A

LOTOF THE CHILDREN'S LIVES.

7. Value of public health clinics >>> THAT SCRATCH WAS THE BABY MOVING.HE JUST KICKED AT ME AGAIN. SINCE THE AGE OF 8, I'VE ALWAYS

WANTED TO BE A DOCTOR AND COME BACK HOME AND PRACTICE MEDICINE WHERE I GREW UP.

>> Reporter: DR. LINDA MOSES GREW UP IN ONE OF THE THREE MEMPHIS ZIP CODES WHERE BABIES DIE AT

THE SAME RATE AS IN SOME THIRD-WORLD COUNTRIES. DR. MOSES DIVIDES HER TIME BETWEEN THE PUBLIC

HOSPITAL, THE MED, AND THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT CLINIC IN HER OLD NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> Reporter: EVERY WEEK THAT THE FETUS STAYS IN THE WOMB MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE HEALTH

OF THE BABY.DOCTORS SAY IF EVERY PREMATURE BIRTH COULD BE DELAYED EVEN ONE WEEK, THE INFANT

MORTALITY RATE WOULD GO DOWN DRAMATICALLY.

>> GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL?

>> NO.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET THAT G.E.D. DONE?

>> AFTER I HAVE MY BABY.

>> HUH?

>> AFTER I HAVE MY BABY.

>> WELL, THAT'S A PERFECT TIME. WHILE YOU'RE SITTING AROUND YOU COULD BE REVIEWING.

>> Reporter: HOW MUCH OF YOUR JOB IS BASIC EDUCATION?

>> ALL OF MY JOB IS BASIC EDUCATION.EVERY CONTACT THAT I HAVE WITH A PATIENT MY GOAL IS TO

IMPART SOME KNOWLEDGE AND GIVE HER PERMISSION TO ASK QUESTIONS. I THINK THAT ONE OF THE

THINGS WITH PREMATURITY AND INFANTMORTALITY IS, THE REASON THAT IT IS SO RAMPANT IN

COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE ARE LESS FORTUNATE IS BECAUSE THE KNOWLEDGE IS NOT THERE. WE NEED

PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT COULD INFLUENCE THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO DO BETTER WITH THEIR LIVES.

>> Reporter: SOME OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CLINICS ALSO HAVE NURSES WHO MAKE HOUSE

CALLS. VIVIAN DAVIS GOES TO PATIENTS WHO HAVE A HISTORY OF DIFFICULT PREGNANCIES.

>> I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER WHAT THOSE PRETERM LABOR SYMPTOMS WERE. I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO WHEN YOU GO INTO PRETERM LABOR. AND GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

>> YES, MA'AM.

>> YOU KNOW HOW THE OLD FOLKS USED TO DO BACK A LONG TIME AGO? SHE LIKES THAT.

>> Reporter: STUDIES HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THIS KIND OF ONE-ON-ONE CONTACT WITH A VISITING NURSE IS

ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO INFLUENCE THE HEALTH OF A LOW-INCOME MOTHER AND HER

BABY.YET, THE HOME VISITATION PROGRAM HAS STEADILY LOST NURSES AS THE MEMPHIS AND SHELBY

COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS HAD TO CUT ITS BUDGET.

>> WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY NURSES AS WE USED TO HAVE. IT HAS CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY BECAUSE WE

DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO GO AROUND TO SEE EVERYBODY THAT WE ARE SCHEDULED TO SEE. SOME

OF THE MOST SERIOUS ONES MAY FALL THROUGH THE CRACK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE

ENOUGH PEOPLE TO SEE THEM.

>> Reporter: FOR THOSE WHO COME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS, HOURS AND SERVICES ALSO HAVE

BEEN REDUCED. THIS IS THE CLINIC WHERE DR. MOSES WORKS, NEVER OPEN IN THE EVENINGS AND OPEN

ONLY HALF A DAY ON FRIDAYS, TO HOLD DOWN COSTS.IF YOU COULD WAVE A MAGIC WAND AND CHANGE

SOMETHING, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

>> I THINK MONEY WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

>> Reporter: WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY ON -- >> CHILDREN DON'T

VOTE. BABIES CAN'T VOTE.POOR PEOPLE DON'T VOTE.

>> Reporter: BUT EVERYBODY LOVES A BABY.

>> YES, THEY DO. EVERYBODY DOES LOVE A BABY.

>> Reporter: SO, THEN, WHY AREN'T MORE PEOPLE MORE UPSET ABOUT THE NUMBER OF BABIES WHO DIE

BECAUSE THEY'RE BORN TOO EARLY?

>> I THINK IT HASN'T HIT CLOSE ENOUGH TO HOME. AND SOMETIMES WE JUST DON'T KNOW. BUT IGNORANCE

IS NOT ALWAYS AN ACCEPTABLE EXCUSE FOR NOT DOINGTHINGS.

8. Society fails its babies >> WE KNOW ANY WOMAN WHO IS PREGNANT NEEDS TO GO SEE A DOCTOR ON A REGULAR BASIS.

>> Reporter: IN 2006 TENNESSEE GOVERNOR PHIL BREDESON GATHERED COMMUNITY GROUPS AND

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR AN INFANT MORTALITY SUMMIT MEETING IN MEMPHIS. THE GOVERNOR

BROUGHT HIS STATE HEALTH COMMISSIONER AT THE TIME,DR. KENNETH ROBINSON, WHO'S ALSO PASTOR OF

A MEMPHIS CHURCH.

>> EVERY BABY DESERVES A FIRST BIRTHDAY.

>> Reporter: AS WE LOOKED BACK OVER THE STATISTICS, IT WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT IN 1 RECENT

YEAR, THERE WERE 202 BABIES DIED IN 1 YEAR. THAT WAS FAR MORE THAN THE NUMBER OF HOMICIDES IN

MEMPHIS,122 THAT SAME YEAR.

>> WELL, IT'S A VERY SAD REALITY THAT INFANT DEATHS DON'T SEEM TO GET THE PRIORITY OFTEN THAT

SOME OF THE OTHER HIGH-PROFILE, NEWSWORTHY, 6:00 AND 10:00 NEWS STORIES DO GET. WHEN YOU

REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, THAT INFANT DEATHS IN THISNATION ACCOUNT FOR MORE DEATHS THAN ALL OF

THE OTHER CAUSES OF DEATH COMBINED FOR CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF 18. WE SHOULD BE

MARCHING. WE SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY INDIGNANT ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS. AND MORE THAN THAT, WE

SHOULD BE AGGRESSIVELY APPROACHING, AT LEAST DOING THE THINGS THAT WE THINK WILL MAKE A

DIFFERENCE TO DECREASE THOSE RATES OF INFANT DEATH.

>> I WANT THIS DAY TO BE THE DAY WHEN THE PEOPLE OF MEMPHIS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

TENNESSEE STOOD UP TOGETHER AND SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE SILENT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO STAND

ASIDE, AS ONE MORE CHILD DIES IN VAIN.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS AT THE MEETING ANNOUNCED STATE GRANTS TO FUND MORE STUDIES AND MORE

PILOT PROGRAMS AND A BILLBOARD ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN.

>> I'VE BEEN GOING TO MEETINGS ABOUT THIS WITH JUST CHEST BEATING AND PROGRAMS AND SO ON. BUT

WHAT WE NEED TO REALIZE AND I THINK THAT WE FINALLY DO, YOU'RE LOOKING AT INFANT MORTALITY AS A

MANIFESTATION OF THE ACCUMULATED SOCIAL INADEQUACIES THAT WE HAVETOLERATED

HISTORICALLY. AND WE HAPPEN TO BE TACKLING INFANT MORTALITY. THERE IS SO MUCH ELSE IN THAT

PICTURE, RANGING ALL THE WAY FROM THE PROPER LIFESTYLE AND DIET TO THE PROPER EDUCATION

ANDLIFE ITSELF. IF YOU'RE ON WELFARE, AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR NEXT MEALIS COMING FROM

AND YOU HAVE TO WALK WHEREVER IT IS 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T BUY THE GAS OR WHATEVER THOSE THINGS

ARE, YOUR CHANCES OF HAVING A HEALTHY BABY ARE DIMINISHED. IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHEN A

PREMATURE BABY IS BORN, SOCIETY fails.

9. Better fatherless? >>> BY THE TIME SHE CHECKED INTO THE MED, AND FAMILY MEMBERS HAD GATHERED, PRECIOUS SIMPSON

HAD CARRIED HER BABY TO FULL-TERM. WITH THE HELP OF HER MENTOR, TERRY DRUMWRIGHT, PRECIOUS

WAS ONE PREGNANT TEENAGER WHO HAD DONE ALL THE RIGHT THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF HERSELF AND

HER DAUGHTER.

>> WE GOT A LITTLE GIRL. SEVEN POUNDS, SIX OUNCES.

>> SHE'S SO PRETTY.

>> Reporter: IT WAS A DIFFICULT DELIVERY.BUT THE BABY WAS HEALTHY. PRECIOUS GAVE HER THE NAME THE

BABY'S FATHER, BRYSON, WANTED, BRYANNA.

>> WE'VE DONE IT.

>> THE ONLY TIME I MET THE BABY'S FATHER WAS AT THE HOSPITAL THE NIGHT THAT BRYANNA WAS

BORN. THAT'S THE ONLY TIME I REALLY MET BRYSON. AND HE WOULD TALK SO UGLY TO HER. WHEN SHE,

EARLY ON IN HER PREGNANCY, SHE WOULD TELL ME SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE'D SAY. I MEAN, IT WAS

PRETTY, A ROUGH RELATIONSHIP.

>> REALLY, I'M BETTER OFF WITHOUT HIM. I DON'T NEED HIM FOR NOTHING. HE'S THE TYPICAL THUG. YOU

KNOW, HE'S GOT A LOT OF GIRLFRIENDS AND ALL THAT. HE DON'T CARE ABOUT NOTHING BUT HIS CAR, RIMS,

MONEY. BUT, YOU KNOW, I AIN'T GOING TO HOLD NO GRUDGE AGAINST HIM. IF HE EVER FEEL LIKE HE WANT

TO STRAIGHTEN UP AND BE THERE FOR THE BABY, HE CAN. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING MORE

BETWEEN ME AND HIM. THERE CAN NEVER BE ANYMORE US.BUT IF HE EVER FEEL LIKE HE WANTS TO COME

SEE THE BABY, I'LL LET HIM SEE HER.

>> I THINK SHE VERY MUCH WANTS HIM TO BE A FATHER. BUT SHE AIN'T GOING TO SAY THAT, BECAUSE THAT

MAKES HER WEAK.THAT MAKES HER SOMETHING THAT SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE. THAT'S JUST

WOMEN.WOMEN ARE VERY STRONG AROUND HERE.THEY ARE VERY STRONG OR AT LEAST GIVE YOU THE

APPEARANCE OF IT. IN A LOT OF CASES, THEY'RE SURVIVORS. SO, THEY WILL RAISE THAT CHILD WITH OR

WITHOUT THAT MAN. BUT I DON'T THINK THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS ANY DIFFERENT AS TOEVERYBODY

WANTS HER CHILD TO GRANDPARENTS, AND ALL THOSETHINGS.@Ao@a H@20 I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE.

>> Reporter: IF PRECIOUS WAS HOPING THAT SHE AND HER BABY AND HER BABY'S FATHER MIGHT BECOME A

FAMILY, THAT NOTION ENDED BEFORE BRYANNA WAS 2 MONTHS OLD. BRYSON LEWIS WAS SHOT DEAD IN THE

STREET THREE BLOCKS FROM THE HOME OF HIS NEW DAUGHTER. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> I WAS DREAMING, BUT IT

SEEMED SO REAL. MY PHONE RUNG. AND THIS IS TRUE. MY PHONE RUNG AND I ANSWERED IT. AND IT SAID,

"THIS IS A COLLECT CALL FROM -- " AND, YOU KNOW, BRYSON BEEN IN AND OUT OF JAIL.BUT, YOU KNOW, HE

JUST SAID, BRYSON.AND THAT WOKE ME UP. I WAS, LIKE, YOU JUST ASK FOR FORGIVENESS, ASK GOD TO

GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH TO RUN THIS RACE.AND ASK HIM TO SAVE YOU. HE WAS LIKE, OKAY, COUSIN. I'M

GOING TO DO THAT. I SAID, YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANT TO.I SAID, YOU CAN GO TO YOUR CAR

AND YOU CAN DO IT THEN. HE WAS LIKE, OKAY. I'M GOING TO DO IT. I'M GOING TO DO IT. KEEP YOUR HEAD

UP. THIS, TOO, SHALL PASS.AMEN.

10.Unemployment and teen pregnancies >> THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY HARD TELLING HER. I AIN'T GOING TO LEAVE NOTHING OUT.I'M GOING TO TELL

HER THE GOOD STUFF ABOUT HIM AND THE BAD STUFF. I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW, YOU KNOW,

ABOUT THEIR PARENTS.

>> Reporter: PRECIOUS BEGAN LEAVING BRYANNA WITH A GIRLFRIEND WHILE SHE LOOKED FOR WORK. ALL

SHE COULD FIND WAS A PART-TIME, MINIMUM WAGE JOB FIVEMILES FROM HOME. IT REQUIRED TWO BUSES

TO GET THERE.

>> YOU KNOW, HER BROTHER WAS SHOT AND KILLED MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS BACK. SHE HAD ANOTHER

BROTHER. AND THEN SHE SAW A YOUNG MAN GET KILLED WALKING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE IN

THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. SO, SHE'S SEEN A LOT. IT MAKES ME APPRECIATE THE THINGS THAT I HAVE ALWAYS

TAKEN FOR GRANTED. BECAUSE I HAVE LIVED IN MEMPHIS ALL OF MY LIFE, BORN AND RAISED. AND YET, IT

WAS KIND OF A MYSTERY, THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. I'VE HAD SEVERAL FRIENDS OVER THE TIME, EVEN NOW

THAT STILL WORRY ABOUT WHAT I'M DOING. AND I'VE HAD IT FROM THE ANGLE OF, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST

WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER BABY SO THEY CAN GET FOOD STAMPS. SO THEY CAN GET THIS HELP OR THAT

HELP. OR THEY JUST NEED TO GET OUT AND GET A JOB. WELL, JOBS WOULD BE NICE. BUT THEY STILL WILL

HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES GOING ON BESIDES JUST THE JOBS. THE TRANSPORTATION, THE MONEY FOR THE

BUS. I MEAN THERE'S MANY, MANY FACETS THAT COME INTO PLAY IN SUCH AS THAT. AND I THINK THAT IS

WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW INVOLVED IT IS, WHAT A PUZZLE IT IS. THEY

DON'T KNOW HOW STRESSFUL IT IS TO BE POOR.

>>> WHEN PRECIOUS SIMPSON LOOKED FOR WORK TO SUPPORT HERSELF AND HER NEW DAUGHTER, SHE

COULD FIND ONLY A SUMMER JOB AT A CITY POOL, PAYING MINIMUM WAGE.

>> HEY, TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF. TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF.

>> Reporter: STUDIES SHOW THAT TEENAGERS WITH JOBS ARE HAPPIER AND LESS LIKELY TO ALLOW

THEMSELVES TO BECOME PREGNANT. BUT THE NUMBER OF TEENAGERS IN MEMPHIS GIVING BIRTH

HASINCREASED THIS YEAR, AT THE SAME TIME THAT UNEMPLOYMENT IS RISING. IT'S OFTEN SAID THAT THE

BEST SOCIAL PROGRAM IS A GOOD JOB. BUT WHEN THE CITY OFFERED A SUMMER WORK PROGRAM, IT

GOT SIX-TIMES AS MANY APPLICATIONS AS THEY HAD JOBS.SO, A LOTTERY WAS HELD.

>> WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS TO PREPARE YOU FOR THE REAL WORLD OF WORK. THE REAL WORLD OF

WORK.

>> Reporter: DID YOU ANTICIPATE THAT 6,000 KIDS WOULD APPLY FOR 1,000 JOBS?

>> YES.

>> Reporter: IS THE CITY DOING ALL IT CAN?

>> EVERY PROBLEM IN AMERICA IS NOT CREATED BY GOVERNMENT. AND IT CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT BE

SOLVED BY GOVERNMENT. IT JUST CANNOT BE, BECAUSE GOVERNMENT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE

MASSIVE AND MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE.AND PEOPLE ARE RAILING AGAINST THAT.

11.Who is responsible for infant mortality? >> YOU NEED TO FILL OUT THE WHITE FORM.WHITE FORMS ARE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN.PLEASE STAY IN

LINE. BREASTFEEDING WOMEN AND WOMEN WITH CHILDREN THREE MONTHS AND UNDER.

>> Reporter: THE MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT FACES MORE FUNDING CUTS THIS

YEAR, WHICH COULD HURT PROGRAMS THAT FIGHT INFANT MORTALITY. SO, AT THE ANNUAL HEALTH

DEPARTMENT BABY SHOWER, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE TRYING TO DO

TOGETHER WHAT NEITHER CAN FIND THE MONEY FOR ALONE.

>> PREVENTS BIRTH DEFECTS FOR YOUR BABY.

>> THE MORE YOU NURSE THE MORE MILK YOUR BODY MAKES. SO, IF YOU GO -- >> THIS IS A MAGNET THAT

YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR REFRIGERATOR THAT TELLS YOU WHY YOU NEED TO PUT YOUR BABY TO SLEEP ON

HIS BACK. WE NUDGE THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS.THEY ARE ONLY GOING TO DO SOMETHING IF WE MAKE THEM DO

IT OR INSPIRE THEM TO DO THAT AND MAKE THEM KNOW THAT IT ISIMPORTANT. AND WE'RE DOING

SOMETHING OURSELVES WITHOUT THEM. SO, WE NEED THEIR SUPPORT IN EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE.

>> Reporter: AS GOVERNMENT FUNDING IS CUT, MORE AND MORE PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED ENTIRELY BY NON-

PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

>> YOU WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OPINION, NOT DISRESPECTFULLY, NOT YELLING AND

SCREAMING.

>> Reporter: ERMA SIMPSON IS ONE COUNSELOR WHO HAS FOUND THAT RAISING PRIVATE MONEY TO HELP

MOTHERS AND BABIES AT RISK IS NOT EASY.

>> I SENT OUT AN APB ACROSS THE CITY.PLEASE HELP ME. WE NEED MATERNITY CLOTHES. I HAD ONE

DONATION OF MATERNITY CLOTHES. I HAD TROUBLE GETTING PAMPERS. SO, IMAGINE TRYING TO GET

$60,000, $70,000, $100,000 GRANT.

>> IS IT RACE? IS IT BECAUSE THESE BABIES ARE BLACK THAT SOMEHOW PEOPLE CARELESS?

>> YES, PERIOD.

>> I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE, MORE SO THAN RACE, IS FINANCES. WHAT AM I GOING TO GET BACK IF I PUT ALL

THIS MONEY INTO THISINNER CITY INDIGENT PROGRAM? ARE THEY GOING TO COME OUT AND VOTE FOR

ME? ARE THEY GOING TO DO THE THINGS THAT'S GOING TO MAKE ME GET TO WHERE I WANT TO BE? IT'S THE

HUMAN RACE, AND BASICALLY IT'S A SELFISH RACE.

>> NOW, IF YOU PREFER NOT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS IN ANY WAY, AND YOU WANT TO GO TO THE BANK WITH

YOUR POCKETS FULL INSTEAD, OKAY. IF YOUR MORALS ARE DISRUPTED, IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY A WAY

OF LIFE YOU CANNOT ACCEPT AND A WAY OF LIFE YOU HAVE AVOIDED, I RESPECT YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE

AVOIDED. I WISH THAT YOU WOULD HELP, BUT DON'T OPPOSE. THIS BOILS DOWN TO AN AGE-OLD

QUESTION. AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER? I THINK I AM.

>> Reporter: DESPITE THE EFFORTS OF SO MANY PEOPLE OF GOODWILL, WORK GOES ON AS USUAL FOR

THESE GOVERNMENT WORKERS. AS THE GAP IN INCOME AND HEALTH BETWEEN RICH AND POOR

CONTINUES TO GROW, SO DOES THE NUMBER OF BABIES BURIED ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN PLACES LIKE

BABYLAND.